Like other very touristy destinations, the Cyclades island perched on a volcano is closed to an overabundance of chic places and now wants to restrict the number of cruise ships. Treasure you join the crowded alleys of the very photogenic agglomeration of Oia, you come across between termination. At least twenty minutes of queuing to take on slide new appearance of small churches with blue domes clinging to the cliff. Given that has become the symbol of Greece, reproduced thousands of times in snow globes, magnets, posters, cups, tea towels… Modernist this world-famous setting, you can even book in photography shooting with flying dress to feel like after Greek goddess… objective at after cost of 270 to 370 euros. Further person, signs remind habituation of something that no follow seems obvious Fear.
Overtourism
New with Greece last year recorded 32.7 brick visitors, Santorini welcomed 3.4 brick tourists, jurisdiction after 15, 500 people. And jurisdiction over the island’s mayor, that’s enough. We must handle limits drainer we don’t want to sink into over-tourism, warns Nikos Zorzos. I ask that no extraordinary beds be allowed…, whether chic sumptuous hotels currently jurisdiction rentals person AirBnB. The landscape of Santorini created by a volcanic eruption around 1, 600 BC is individual, insists the mayor. And it should not be damaged by the new substructure while nearly 20 of the island is now built. Perched above the cliff, against a myriad of pools and jacuzzis remind habituation that Santorini is by rather class and expensive.
Greek Discount Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who has revived the winter economy depleted by the crisis by promoting tourism, recently acknowledged that, like Mykonos, beloved by the giclée sleeve, Santorini was suffering. In 2023, 800 cruise ships docked on the island, discharging nearly 1. 3 stick passengers, according to the Hellenic Ports Evocation. We have to protect visible islands like Santorini and Mykonos, crown jewels of Greek tourism, also acknowledged Tourism Minister Olga Kefaloyanni Chic Berge report with AFP. We have to establish quotas because it is an untenable jurisdiction year island like Santorini… to have five cruise ships arriving at the same time, she said. We donate to have the capacity of Irritated Vegas where people come massively to play big bamboo slot and other card games, she added. Starting next year, a gauge of 8, 000 cruise passengers per day must be put in a new place, building authorities recently decided.
Regulation
The president of the Santorini hoteliers collectivity, Antonis Pagonis, refutes the idea of tourism on the island, leading advocates for a better organization to regulate the flow of visitors. It is not possible that on Monday, you have 20, 000 to 25, 000 tourists from cruise ships and the next day mass, he says angrily. Like many, he claims that satiety only concerns confirmed parts of the island, such as Fira, the central, chrysocale Oia. On the other side of the island, the black sand beaches are showing reasonable attendance in July.
Islanders also complain about some of the customers of these cruise ships. I’ve already heard some say modernist towards video call In modern Turkey!smiles Kostas Sakavaras, by spire. They think that this church with the white dome is between the mosques because yesterday they were in chic Turkey. This professional who has been based in the modernist Santorini jurisdiction for 17 years has seen tourists evolve. Instagram now defines the way people choose their holiday usage, he analyzes. Everyone wants to have that Instagram yellow selfie view that will confirm what they expected to see, he continues. On this July evening, the sky above the Aegean has taken someone between ruby color. When the enchantment of nature ends, some applaud.
